Zizek [electronic resource] : Beyond Foucault /
Vighi, F.author.
Feldner, H.author.
This book brings together two of the most influential thinkers in critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent symbolic fiction, the authors argue, Foucauldian criticism has only deconstructed the world in different ways; the point, however, is 'to recognize the Real in what appears to be mere symbolic fiction' (Žižek) and to change it.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Prologue; Part I: Discourse Analysis or Ideology Critique?; Part II: On Power and How To Enjoy It; Part III: Metastases of the Real; Epilogue: Maradona in Mexico; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.
This book brings together two of the most influential thinkers in critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent symbolic fiction, the authors argue, Foucauldian criticism has only deconstructed the world in different ways; the point, however, is 'to recognize the Real in what appears to be mere symbolic fiction' (Žižek) and to change it.
Žižek, Slavoj.
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Philosophy.
Movement (Philosophy).
Phenomenology .
Existentialism.
Epistemology.
History of Philosophy.
Philosophical Traditions.
Phenomenology.
Existentialism.
Epistemology.